This summer I went to camp for a week at Boston College from July 21 to July 26. It was supposed to help me get a taste of college life before I went to college. I was hoping it would be helpful in making decisions for my future.
The place was okay. The first few days we had meetings and they were about stuff I kind of already know such as relationships and being healthy. There were fun things like we went bowling on Wednesday and did an escape room on Thursday, but because the meetings were at the same rooms, I was already tired of being in the same place I’d been at all week.
I felt uncomfortable sleeping in a high bed in my dorm room and worried I would fall off until I got used to it, but the bed sheets weren’t enough and it left me cold so I had to get more. The food was nice. I tried eating different things, but it was hard to choose from their menu when they didn’t have every kind of breakfast and I am a picky eater. I don’t need too much lunch so I had chips and dinner consisted of pizza, burgers, and chicken. I one time walked to a restaurant that wasn’t far from the college by myself and I felt good about it.
My roommate was a very nice girl and we had stuff to talk about. She already knew she was going to college in the fall. The other girls at camp were older or were working there. The boys I didn’t spend much time with because they didn’t look like cared or that they wanted to do other things.
The people at the camp at Boston College were on the spectrum like me. They mostly seemed typical, but there were things that made them different that stood out to me. It’s hard to find friends when at times you’re too "on the spectrum" to be normal and too normal to be "on the spectrum." The people working there were really nice and supportive so I did enjoy being around them.
There were different things we got to practice to prepare for college. I didn’t get to learn to do the laundry because I got a bag to put my dirty clothes in while I was on trips. That’s one example I can think of for how I’m worried there’s still stuff I haven’t prepared for. The college camp was an experience for me and it gave me an idea of things I want to learn to do. I didn’t figure everything out there, but it helped get me further and I would recommend people to go if they wanted to go.
